diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c
index 7c6eba622186796f884b175f5dc7a96363101126..4c36def8e10f9b518a1ba8a3f05340eb63c4dc0a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/mcg.c
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ int mlx4_flow_attach(struct mlx4_dev *dev,
 		ret = parse_trans_rule(dev, cur, mailbox->buf + size);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			mlx4_free_cmd_mailbox(dev, mailbox);
-			return -EINVAL;
+			return ret;
 		}
 		size += ret;
 	}